First-year State Rep. Anne Gerwig (R-District 93) helped roll back one attempt by Tallahassee to dictate school start times to local governments but wound up voting for a statewide ban on fluoridation in drinking water, an additive process she supported during her time as Wellington’s mayor.
“Sometimes you vote for things you don’t agree with 100 percent,” Gerwig said, reflecting this month on a legislative term that ended June 16 and was not always filled with easy choices.
The fluoride ban was part of a larger agricultural bill, and she listened to arguments that maybe municipalities don’t need to be adding much of anything to drinking water at this stage. Amid renewed debates, data showing it helps prevent cavities ran into skepticism it could harm children in other ways…